possessive in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for possessive in the English»French Dictionary

I.possessive [Brit pəˈzɛsɪv, Am pəˈzɛsɪv] N LING

possessive

possessif m

in the possessive

à la forme possessive

II.possessive [Brit pəˈzɛsɪv, Am pəˈzɛsɪv] ADJ

1. possessive (jealous):

possessive person, behaviour

possessif/-ive (towards à l'égard de, with avec)

2. possessive (slow to share):

possessive

possessif/-ive

he's possessive about his toys

il n'aime pas prêter ses jouets

3. possessive LING:

possessive pronoun, adjective

possessif/-ive

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intolerably painful, possessive, long

horriblement

Translations for possessive in the French»English Dictionary

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possessif (possessive) LING, PSYCH

possessive

possess|if

possessive

adjectif attribut/possessif/qualificatif

predicative/possessive/qualifying adjective

il n'est pas prêteur

he doesn't like lending his things, he's very possessive about his belongings

complément de nom

possessive phrase

abusif (abusive) mère, époux

over-possessive

possessive in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for possessive in the English»French Dictionary

possessive ADJ

possessive

possessif(-ive)

Translations for possessive in the French»English Dictionary

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possessif

possessive

possessif (-ive)

possessive

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

In standard language, the pronoun "sinun" your is not necessary, but the possessive suffix is.

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Exorcists believe that yawning can indicate that a demon or possessive spirit is leaving its human host during the course of an exorcism.

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Bred to work in packs as well as on their own, they get along well with other dogs and are not overly possessive about anything.

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Possession is marked with a possessive suffix; separate possessive pronouns are unknown.

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However, it is also possible that "malchi" is not a possessive pronoun but genitive case.

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Thus, these possessive pronouns can as well be termed possessive articles for those use cases.

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Like nouns, pronouns distinguish between three cases: subject, object and possessive.

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This was probably inspired by the phonological change of the third-person singular possessive suffix from in most environments.

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Possessive pronouns are ignored by the parser, while words pertaining to basic arithmetic are recognized as operations, such as sum, quotient, and cube.

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Of these, four are considered autonomous, four are considered subordinate and one, the possessive (or genitive) case, can function as either autonomous or subordinate.

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